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Precipitation Data Access and Tools

NASA has a wide range of precipitation data, from hourly rainfall estimates to reanalysis datasets looking back decades. Our datasets and tools help users spot characteristics, trends, patterns, and anomalies in the precipitation that falls to Earth and understand how it affects natural areas and human communities.

Precipitation Datasets

Dataset Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Location Keywords Data Format
NCEP/CPC L3 Half Hourly 4km Global (60S - 60N) Merged IR V1 (GPM_MERGIR) at GES DISC IMERG NOT APPLICABLE 1998-01-01 to Present
New York State Mesonet IMPACTS GROUND STATIONS BAROMETERS, DISDROMETERS, LIDAR, RADIOMETERS, THERMOMETERS, WIND PROFILERS 2020-01-03 to 2023-03-02 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PNG
NLDAS Mosaic Land Surface Model L4 Hourly 0.125 x 0.125 degree V2.0 (NLDAS_MOS0125_H) at GES DISC Mosaic-LSM NOT APPLICABLE 1979-01-02 to Present NORTH AMERICA
NLDAS Mosaic Land Surface Model L4 Monthly 0.125 x 0.125 degree V2.0 (NLDAS_MOS0125_M) at GES DISC Mosaic-LSM NOT APPLICABLE 1979-01-01 to Present NORTH AMERICA
NLDAS Mosaic Land Surface Model L4 Monthly Climatology 0.125 x 0.125 degree V2.0 (NLDAS_MOS0125_MC) at GES DISC Mosaic-LSM NOT APPLICABLE 1981-01-01 to 2020-12-31 NORTH AMERICA
NLDAS Noah Land Surface Model L4 Hourly 0.125 x 0.125 degree V2.0 (NLDAS_NOAH0125_H) at GES DISC Noah-LSM NOT APPLICABLE 1979-01-02 to Present NORTH AMERICA
NLDAS Noah Land Surface Model L4 Monthly 0.125 x 0.125 degree V2.0 (NLDAS_NOAH0125_M) at GES DISC Noah-LSM NOT APPLICABLE 1979-01-01 to Present NORTH AMERICA
NLDAS Noah Land Surface Model L4 Monthly Climatology 0.125 x 0.125 degree V2.0 (NLDAS_NOAH0125_MC) at GES DISC Noah-LSM NOT APPLICABLE 1981-01-01 to 2020-12-31 NORTH AMERICA
NLDAS Primary Forcing Data L4 Hourly 0.125 x 0.125 degree V2.0 (NLDAS_FORA0125_H) at GES DISC Forcing-LSM NOT APPLICABLE 1979-01-01 to Present NORTH AMERICA
NLDAS Primary Forcing Data L4 Monthly 0.125 x 0.125 degree V2.0 (NLDAS_FORA0125_M) at GES DISC Forcing-LSM NOT APPLICABLE 1979-01-01 to Present NORTH AMERICA
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Precipitation Data Tools

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Worldview Worldview offers the capability to interactively browse over 1,200 global, full-resolution satellite imagery layers and download the underlying data. Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization, Access, Comparison, Monitoring Natural Events
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